Beginning e-Textile Development

Chapter 1. Getting Started
Chapter Goal: This chapter will get you started with your Wearic Smart Textiles kit. It will also set the stage for the experiments and projects you will find in the following chapters. You will learn how to program the microcontroller using the Arduino IDE and MakeCode blocks.
ΓÇóIntroduction to the wearable electronics
ΓÇóIntroduction to the Wearic Smart Textiles kit
ΓÇóSetting up the development environment
ΓÇóWriting your first program to control the onboard LED

Chapter 2. Making Wearables Attractive and Visible Using Lights
Chapter Goal: In this chapter, you will learn how to use the Wearic LED textile to add lights to your wearables. LEDs are a beautiful way to add light to wearable tech garments. Different lighting effects make your textile more attractive and highly visible. Sometimes LEDs use as indicators. You will learn basic sewing skills with conductive threads, basic electronics, and basic programming (to create different lighting effects). The skills you gain by this chapter will help you to follow the rest of the chapters.
ΓÇóLearn about the LED textile in detail
ΓÇóApplications in fashion and other industries
ΓÇóTesting: finding LED polarity, Use batteries and wires to test LEDs
ΓÇóSewing LEDs onto the LED textile
ΓÇóSnapping LED textile to the expansion boardΓÇóProgramming: Creating light effects (i.e: blinking both LEDs, toggle LEDs, fading)
ΓÇóControlling other types of LEDs (RGB, NeoPixels, etc)

Chapter 3. Physical Controlling with Buttons
Chapter Goal: In this chapter, you will learn how to use the Wearic Push-button textile to your wearables. A push-button textile consists of two soft-push buttons. By programming the microcontroller these buttons can be used to control actuators such as LEDs, heating textiles, wet textiles, etc. The skills you gain by this chapter will help you to follow the rest of the chapters.
ΓÇóLearn about the Push button textile
ΓÇóApplications in the fashion industry
ΓÇóSnapping Push-button textile to the expansion board
ΓÇóProgramming: learning about different button status by controlling LEDS

Chapter 4. Staying Warm
Chapter Goal: In this chapter, you will learn how to use the Wearic Heating textile to keep your wearables warm. You will learn various techniques on how to program the heated textile to make different heating effects/experiences. By following this chapter the reader will able to make textiles by adding heating textiles, sensors, and LEDs (actuators).
ΓÇóLearn about the ''Heating textile'' in detail
ΓÇóAlternatives/ Industrial applications
ΓÇóTesting: Use batteries and wires to test the heating textile
ΓÇóSnapping Heating textile to the expansion board
ΓÇóProgramming: Controlling heating textile through the microcontroller
ΓÇóProgramming: Using PWM to control the heating textile.
ΓÇóProgramming: Using a feedback mechanism to keep the temperature at a specific level using a temperature sensor.
ΓÇóProgramming: Putting them all together to build a heated mat with feedback LEDs.

Chapter 5. Your Second Skin
Chapter Goal: In this chapter, you will learn how to use the Wearic textile pressure sensor to enable your wearable touch and pressure-sensitive. By following this chapter the reader will able to make textiles by adding pressure-sensitive textiles, sensors, and actuators.
ΓÇóLearn about the ''Textile pressure sensor'' in detail.
ΓÇóAlternatives / Applications in fashion tech / Applications in medical
ΓÇóSnapping textile pressure sensor to the expansion board.
ΓÇóProgramming: Sensing pressure, low and hi